We report on the service-learning component of a Spanish-language Saturday school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for elementary-aged Spanish-language heritage learners and also examine the newly forming ...

As communities across the country prepare for the upcoming school year, there is cause for long-awaited optimism. Many students will be returning to the classroom with different kinds of skills and ...

THOMASVILLE – At Thomas County Central High School, there is a consistent drive to foster enthusiasm for and not apathy toward “service before self” within its students. “This is not always a popular ...

Boston College offers opportunities for real-life, community-based learning experiences both at home and abroad. The VSLC offers programs and supports both student and faculty/staff initiatives that ...

As a pregnant teenager and school dropout, Isis Martinez could have abandoned educational hope and purpose. Instead, she found a school designed to make education come alive for her. She learned ...

In 1974, Duke offered its first service-learning course. Since then, those individual service-learning courses have expanded into Duke Service-Learning, an initiative supporting 80 separate courses ...

Melissa Delaney is a freelance journalist who specializes in business technology. She is a frequent contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. The Tech Troopers program at Miami's College ...

If you went to college a while back, the idea of service learning may be a new one. It was certainly not an option when yours truly was a student, and I am the poorer for it. In essence, service ...

Participation in campus activities is considered a high-impact practice, which boosts a student’s retention, feelings of belonging and long-term career success. But various institutional and legal ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. President Barack Obama signed legislation last week that greatly expands volunteer-service opportunities for Americans, including middle and high school students.

Pre-Health Professions students participate in community service as a way to demonstrate their desire to help and serve others in their community, learn more about individuals whose backgrounds may be ...